The new local news site, TBD.com launched today, and I’m proud to say that Capitals Outsider is part of their network. At first, I was skeptical about TBD saturating an already crowded marketplace for local news, but they clearly took a huge step toward being different by reaching out to local bloggers. With washingtonpost.com and WTOP.com, not to mention other local news sites, I’m terribly unclear on how patch.com expects to get any page views with its just-launched local sites. While this is an exciting time to see these sites launching, the real test is to see if they can sustain themselves. Worst case, we’re looking at another frenzy of layoffs in a couple of years.